The water is precipitated as drops, and if all the drops are the same size the number per cubic centimetre will be equal to the volume of water deposited per cubic centimetre, divided by the volume of one of the drops.
They are formed when two salts, one greatly in excess of the other, are simultaneously precipitated from a solution.
It had been precipitated there perhaps by the groan which the Earth uttered when our first father fell.
For two years it raged, until the mountain, suddenly bursting asunder, a stream of molten sulphur gushed forth, and precipitated itself into the neighbouring river.
Owing to financial difficulties precipitated by the hard times beginning in 1907 this great establishment, which employed from seventy-five to a hundred men, was obliged to close its doors.
It may be added that within a year the burning of St. Mary's Hospital precipitated a call for large contributions to replace it.
Besides those general causes of hostility to the Americans, there were certain specific events during that period of doubt and suspicion which brought affairs to a focus and precipitated the tragedy of the Whitman Massacre.
Precipitated chalk four ounces, pulverized sugar two ounces, powdered myrrh one ounce, pulverized orris root one ounce.
Precipitated chalk four ounces, powdered orris root eight ounces, powdered camphor one ounce; reduce camphor to fine powder moistening with very little alcohol, add other ingredients.
To have added to the serious conditions and to have possibly precipitated a crisis by openly rebelling against the President was to assume a responsibility which no Commissioner was willing to take.
It is not my purpose to pursue further the course of events following the crisis which was precipitated by the President's published statement and the resulting departure of the principal Italian delegates.
At this sound Father Griffen bounded from his chair, rushed and took his gun down from a rack placed in his bedroom, and precipitated himself out of doors, crying, "Jean!
At the moment that the serpent, irritated by the movement of Rutler, precipitated itself upon him, the latter aimed and fired.
The waves murmured and broke at the entrance of the cave; the waterspout precipitated itself with a crash into the lower basin.
First you precipitated the strike, then you bought the Mayor and the Chief of Police and broke the strike.
The wealthy classes precipitated the flight, and then the slum people caught the contagion and stampeded wildly out of the city.
Of course we were bothprecipitated on to the road and were dragged along some little way by the rugs.
This court has already justified its creation and existence by the settlement of contentions which in other days led to disastrous wars, and even in this enlightened age might have precipitated serious ruptures.
Thus she deliberately precipitated a war which resulted in her utter defeat.
The Balkan States formed a league against Turkey, and Montenegro precipitated a war in which Bulgaria, Greece, and Servia joined her.
When the colonies tried in 1895 to haul freight by ox-team from their rail-head at the frontier to Johannesburg President Kruger "closed the drifts" and almost precipitated a conflict in arms.
To the three causes given above the translator adds a fourth and most important one: Any change in our tariff laws general enough to rise to the dignity of a new tariff has with one exception in our history precipitated a panic.
In another moment that incomparable officer was at the head of a storming party; and as the fleet opened fire on the cabbage-patch in the rear of the enemy's position, an impetuous charge was precipitated in front.
In the grey dawn, when but few had arisen for the day, a shock of earthquake rocked the foundations of the city and precipitated scenes of panic and terror throughout the business and residence districts.
It may be frozen out, or burned out, or scattered into impalpable dust by the terrific explosion of steam generated by an ocean of water precipitated into an ocean of fire.
That this moment had been unpremeditated, and that something very like chance alone had precipitated matters, afforded neither hope nor consolation.
By this he obtained a calcareous soap, easy to decompose by sulphuric acid, which precipitated the lime into the state of sulphate, and liberated the fatty acids.
But the dam held firm, and after a moment of terrible suspense the torrentprecipitated itself into Grant Lake from a height of twenty feet.
The iron screw bolts of the driving-seat suddenly giving way, the servants were very nearly precipitatedupon the backs of the horses.
I dare not say that He precipitated His death, or provoked a conflict, but I do say that deliberately, and with a clear understanding of what He was doing, He took a step which forced them to show their hand.
It is precipitated usually under atmospheric conditions that produce violent drops and changes.
Into this potential opulence the cattleman precipitated himself.
Nor were they finally extorted from Spain until a concurrence of unfavorable events hadprecipitated a diplomatic crisis.
The noted conspiracy of Senator Blount of Tennessee then came to light[51] and precipitated a spirited discussion between the Spanish Minister and Mr. Pickering.
So he precipitated himself upon that individual, who, just knocking down his cap from its hook, was beginning to prowl around the floor in the corner of the closet.
So Joel gave little Dick a good fine lift, Dickie protesting so violently that he was going to get up on the carriage step himself, and trying to kick off any assistance, that he was precipitated to the floor of the carriage in a small heap.
Ben precipitated himself so suddenly upon her that there was no time for recovery of her composure.
Unfortunately, the Spaniards, residents of the capital, precipitated lawlessness by rising and seizing the persons of the Viceroy Iturrigaray and high ecclesiastics, and some political murders followed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "precipitated" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
